casino comps dissapointment

[dallasdan]

18 hours ago, Petersonfcu said:

Tom

 

You probably already know this, but there is no need to pay that 3% Carnival fee for table chips.  Simply go to a slot machine, load something (say $1k+) from your sail and sign, spin the slot machine once,  go to the cage to pull out your $1k+ in cash, and then take the $1k+ to the table to buy your chips.  No 3% fee.

 

Also, if you use your credit card to buy carnival gift cards at a 10% discount on AARP, then load the gift cards to your sail and sign, you get both the CC points and the 10% discount on everything you spend on board.  Yeah, that includes those table chips.  Why pay carnival 3% for table chips when they will sell them to you at a discount? 

Just remember to spin the slot a couple of times before cashing out.  I did it twice without playing the slot machine first.  They locked my card until they could scold me.  Once I told them I wouldn't do it again they unlocked the card.

[mouche]

On 8/17/2023 at 9:44 AM, VentureMan_2000 said:

I've always been curious... and wondered is someone would answer honestly if I asked,

How much money do you gamers lose gambling in order to get a free cruise ?  Said another way, a balcony stateroom is about $3000... and I'm assuming that casinos are not staying open because they are giving money away... would, on average, you lose $3k - $5 during the cruise duration ?

 

Normally when in the Cansino I start off with $200, and normally I go back and forth winning and losing without having to put any more money in. (slots only). Then within the 3rd or so day I usually hit a average win of $500 to $1,000, I then cash out and put that money up with the exception of $200 and I start the process over again, but once that $200 out of my hit is gone, I'm done!!! I always go home with more than I started with, sometime with more than my cruise fare was, (casino offers).

 

So, while I am not a big gambler and I have had all sorts of casino offers from free room, free drinks, and OBC, the best offer I took was a free room with $250 OBC and all I had to pay was taxes and port fees, so with the OBC that cruise was free. You do not have to spend big bucks in the casino to get these offers, I'm proof of that.

[kdr69]

Just off Pride and at Supper last night was told Casino gave us 2 Steakhouse Selections which was a pleasant surprise so we both had the NY Striploin.  Dropped about a grand on this cruise. But won myself a case of COVID on the last day lol.

[kwokpot]

1 hour ago, kdr69 said:

Just off Pride and at Supper last night was told Casino gave us 2 Steakhouse Selections which was a pleasant surprise so we both had the NY Striploin.  Dropped about a grand on this cruise. But won myself a case of COVID on the last day lol.

Sorry about getting COVID. It happened to my family on a Europe family cruise in July. We were able to pin it down to the last day of the cruise in the theater, where my mom, sister, and niece sat together. My BIL sat apart from them. All three women caught COVID, my BIL did not. Then my mom gave it to my father, who's 93. Luckily everyone recovered without lingering effects. Hope you recover soon! 

Edited September 5, 2023 by kwokpot